TOPS tweaks trouble cofounder Taylor: ‘Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water’ • Louisiana Illuminator

TOPS tweaks trouble cofounder Taylor: ‘Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water’ • Louisiana Illuminator

LSU’s Memorial Tower rises above the trees on Monday, March 20, 2023, on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La. (Matthew Perschall / Louisiana Illuminator)It had been many years since Phyllis Taylor, widow to the creator of the TOPS program, had sat behind the presentation desk of the Louisiana House Education Committee.  Her late husband, Patrick F. Taylor, a wealthy oilman who had served for many years on the LSU Board of Supervisors, is perhaps best…